Pauline Kael sums it up well with the following words from in her capsule review for 5001 Nights at the Movies. "... if you respond at all, you may go all the way to exaltation. Perhaps just because of its naked familiarity, its grinding, ludicrous wrestling with expressiveness, Journey is, at last, an American family classic; the usual embarrassments are transcended, and the family theme is raised to mythic heights."
Review of Long Day's Journey Into Night
